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Joe Venuti, Stéphane Grappelli, Jean-Luc Ponty
The Best Of Jazz Violin
Compil. US 1998 on LaserLight Digital label
Jazz (Swing, Big Band, Post-Bop)
Track 10 is from a bootleg LP issued by Vantage which was never authorized by Jean-Luc Ponty. As on that LP, that date is wrong, more likely circa 1968 to 1970. Joe Venuti (Tracks 1 to 5): Recorded in Italy, 1971. Stephane Grappelli (Tracks 6 to 9): Recorded in France, 1975. Jean-Luc Ponty (Track 10): Recorded in Germany, 1959. Biographies (pages 2 and 3 of booklet) courtesy of the All Music Guide to Jazz.
Musicians
 | Joe Venuti vn, 1903-1978 US violin, album by |
 | Stéphane Grappelli vn, 1908-1997 FR violin, album by |
 | Jean-Luc Ponty vn, *1942 FR violin, album by, written by |
 | Marco Ratti cb, b, 1932-2007 IT bass |
 | Slam Stewart b, voc, 1914-1987 US bass |
 | Gil Cuppini dr, 1924-1996 IT drums |
 | Jackie Williams dr, *1933 US drums |
 | Jimmy Shirley g, 1913-1989 US guitar |
 | Orchester Kurt Edelhagen , orchestra |
 | Ray Avery's Jazz Archives , US photography, courtesy |
 | Johnny Guarnieri p, 1917-1985 US piano |
 | Lou Stein p, 1922-2002 US piano |
 | Irving Caesar , *1972 US written by, uncredited |
 | Claude Hopkins p, 1903-1984 US written by, uncredited |
Producers
| Dimitri Radoyce design |
| Kathrin Huber design |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Joe Venuti | Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard | |
| 2 | Body And Soul | Joe Venuti | Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour | |
| 3 | Tea For Two | Joe Venuti | Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar | |
| 4 | Humoresque | Joe Venuti | Antonín Dvořák | |
| 5 | Almost Like Being In Love | Joe Venuti | Lerner & Loewe | |
| 6 | I Would Do Anything For You | Stéphane Grappelli | Alexander Hill, Roberto Williams, Claude Hopkins | |
| 7 | 'Deed I Do | Stéphane Grappelli | Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch | |
| 8 | As Time Goes By | Stéphane Grappelli | Herman Hupfeld | |
| 9 | You're The Cream In My Coffee | Stéphane Grappelli | Buddy G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson | |
| 10 | Concerto For Jazz Violin And Orchestra | Jean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty |
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